Now that I am recovering from Covid-19, I want to share my symptoms, and my experience, in case...

[demmiblue]

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Now that I am recovering from Covid-19, I want to share my symptoms, and my experience, in case it is of help to anyone else. I've felt pretty rotten the last few days, but am finally improving.

I am only talking about my own experiences - as a patient, not a doctor. (1/n)
I'll have a quick moan about testing, and then go through my symptoms.

Testing, testing, testing.
We must stop the ridiculous imbalance where politicians and sports stars can apparently get tested, but frontline health workers cannot. The criteria must be consistent. (2/n)

Symptoms.

D1: The day of fevers and exhaustion.

Shivers and sweats were the story of the day. That and being utterly exhausted, with whole-body ache. Random temp: 38.5. One flight of stairs then stop for a rest. No appetite at all. (3/n)

The cough started in the afternoon.

Not a bad cough, and not productive. But just there every now and again to remind me that my lungs were also not happy.

I found out my brother (who I spent the proceeding week with) is unwell with similar symptoms. (4/n)

D2: No energy. Horizontal is the position to be in.

Sweats/shivers ongoing, but not as bad as yesterday. Cough more noticeable but not a big issue.

Intermittent headache started. Whole body still aches, and feeling weak. Zero appetite. Felt a bit brighter in the eve. (5/n)

D3: Feeling worse. Headache and fatigue worse.

Cough less frequent. Appetite improving but far from normal.

Another day of frequent naps & predominantly horizontal state.

Had to help with childcare in the evening - either baby has doubled in weight or I'm half as strong (6/n)

D4: Ongoing fatigue and reduced appetite.

Cough very infrequent now. Headaches still present, but improving.

Whole body still aches. Functionally pretty useless. Would quite like to feel better.

My brother is improving. His girlfriend now has symptoms. (7/n)

D5: Still pretty tired.

No headaches any more. Appetite up to 1/2 or 2/3 of normal.

Still no desire to leave the bed/sofa, let alone the house, which is fortunate since I still have 2 days of self-isolation to go. (8/n)

D6: Feeling a little better.

Or, thought I was, but then fell asleep on the sofa for an hour. So fatigue ongoing, and lacking energy.

Still no desire to leave the house.

Hoping tomorrow will bring much more energy 🤞 (9/n)

That is as far as I have made it (so far).

If you meet the criteria (temp [>37.8] or a new cough), please follow the advice and self-isolate.

Protect your patients.
Protect your colleagues.
Protect your friends and family.
Protect yourself. (10/10).

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[dem4decades]

1. Interesting, hopefully recovery like this is in all our future if it finds us.

[OhNo-Really]

2. Childcare? Oh my.

I just posted a first hand account you might benefit from. The patient did some breathing exercises to help

Hope you feel better soon and are receiving good care.

[PasadenaTrudy]

13. lol

This is a thread from twitter, not the OP's personal experience.

[58Sunliner]

3. Looks like he is in his thirties.

[2naSalit]

5. Two who have tested positive

in my state are in their 20s as reported this am. They are only testing those who are symptomatic that I know of.

[58Sunliner]

6. True-so they must be exhibiting the symptoms severely.

[Alliepoo]

8. Just saw breaking news in Cbus Ohio

That a 23 yr old woman has been hospitalized with Coronavirus. Said she has underlying conditions but she hasn’t traveled or been in contact with anyone that has traveled or been sick with covid. Community spread. They have no idea how she contracted it.

[BeckyDem]

4. Wow. How awful to have to take care of the baby too and the exposure to the baby!

I appreciate the breakdown and how it went from bad to worse. Maybe I missed it? How high did the fevers get?

[IronLionZion]

7. That's 6 days. Is he getting better after that?

wasn't clear from the thread

[Talitha]

9. Sounds like he's 'feeling' better but is obviously still wiped-out.

[IronLionZion]

11. Sounds like there's hope to get through this

If I get it, I get it. My main focus is to not spread it to anyone else if I get it.

[Maggiemayhem]

18. I'm sure there will be updates

[IronLionZion]

21. It looks doable for a typical healthy person

so I'll be following this.

[lunatica]

22. This is a journal of events as they're happening

Evidently he’s still sick so your question needs to wait to see what happens.

[IronLionZion]

24. Understood, thanks

[docgee]

10. Sounds like what I have.

Fever only lasted 2 days, dry cough, tired and less appetite. I am on day 6 of mild chest congestion and cough. If there wasn't a pandemic I would have went to work with these mild symptoms, no problem. I am in my 50s and healthy, btw. I'm not sick enough to warrant a test, so I can't say for sure what I have.

[oldsoftie]

16. And thats the thing; you stayed home. Normally you wouldnt.

If everyone who has that feeling will stay home, it will have an impact on the spread i imagine. Next up; is someone contagious AFTER they recover? Can they get it again, or have they now built some immunity?

[dsharp88]

12. Sounds like COVID-19, but how does he know?

It likely is, but I don't see where he went to a dr nor got tested.

[klook]

17. Testing is hard to come by unless

1) you’ve recently traveled to a “high-risk” country or know someone who has,
2) you have pneumonia,
3) you’re rich,
OR
4) you’re a Republican politician or operative/hack

[GusBob]

14. "protect your family" *picks up infant*

WTF?

[lunatica]

23. The entire family has to self isolate

That includes all the children too. Sick or not. The only good thing is the children are much safer from this disease, unless they have an underlying condition. And once the children are exposed they become contagious themselves, so there’s no daycare that’ll take them, and for someone else to take them means they get sick too so the cycle is repeated. The child will infect any caretakers.

[oldsoftie]

15. I guess he's in another country since he references Centigrade temps

[amuse bouche]

20. 37.8C 9/5) + 32 100.04F

[garybeck]

25. this is interesting but without knowing the person's age there is no perspective.

n/t